World Championship Wrestling/Characters/Managers

Lists the various ring-side managers throughout WCW. Please limit associated tropes to the individual's time in the WCW.

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Crockett Era Managers (1982-1988)

James "J.J." Dillon (James Morrison, 1982-1988, 1997-1998)

• Action Survivor
• Power Stable: A founding member of The Four Horsemen.
• Red Baron: 'J.J.'
• Reasonable Authority Figure: As the Chairman of the WCW Executive Committee in the mid 90s.
• Tagalong Kid: For The Four Horsemen.

Paul Jones (Paul Frederick, 1982-1988)

• Action Survivor
• Heel
• Power Stable: Paul Jones' Army.
• Red Baron: 'Number One' and an unwanted one in 'Weasel' by other wrestlers.
• Small Name, Big Ego

Paul Ellering, (1986-1990)

• Action Survivor
• Badass Mustache
• Cool Shades
• Hypercompetent Sidekick: In Real Life, Ellering personally booked the Road Warriors / Legion of Doom's matches, scheduled their flights, set up hotel reservations, and kept track of expenses.
• Red Baron: 'Precious'

NWA-WCW Era Managers (1988-1993)

Teddy Long (Theodore Rufus Long. 1985-1996)

• Bald of Awesome
• Bald of Evil: Heel, dating back to his days as a manager in Jim Crockett Promotions.
• Non-Action Guy
• Sharp-Dressed Man
• Soul Brotha

Bischoff Era Managers (1993-1996)

The Assassin (Jody Hamilton, 1983-1984, 1993-2001^[1])

• Action Survivor
• Badass Teacher: Ran WCW's Power Plant program and was responsible for training guys like Kevin Nash, Diamond Dallas Page, Bill Goldberg, and the Giant.
• Cool Mask
• Names to Run Away From Really Fast
• Wrestling Family: His son is WCW and WWE referee, Nick Patrick.

Col. Robert Parker (Robert Welch, 1993-1998)

• Action Survivor
• Good Ol' Boy
• Good Smoking, Evil Smoking: With his Cuban cigars.
• Heel
• Nice Hat
• Power Stable: The Stud Stable
• Red Baron: 'Colonel'
• Southern Gentleman: Of the Affably Evil variety.
• Wrestling Family: His father Buddy Fuller, his brother Ron Fuller, his grandfather Roy Welch and his cousin Jimmy "Bunkhouse Buck" Golden were all wrestlers.

Jimmy Hart (Jimmy Ray Hart, 1994-2001)

A long serving manager, who jumped from the WWF with Hulk Hogan. As WCW music composer, he was notorious for ripping off popular songs for the wrestlers to use as theme music.

• Cool Shades
• Improbable Weapon User: His megaphone was used to knock out the opponents of wrestlers he managed.
• The Jimmy Hart Version: The Trope Namer.
• No Indoor Voice: The Mouth Of The South.
• Large Ham
• Non-Action Guy
• Unlimited Wardrobe

nWo Invasion Era Managers (1996-1999)

Sonny Onoo (Kazuo Onoo, 1995-1999)

• Asian Speekee Engrish
• Cool Shades
• Cunning Linguist: Understood English and Japanese and translated for both languages if needed.
• I Know Karate: A champion kickboxer that competed for 12 years before he even step foot in WCW. Not surprisingly, he'd use these skills to cheat when needed.
• Jerkass
• Japanese Tourist
• Smug Snake

Managers of the Final Years (1999-2000)

Tony Marinara (Charles John Spencer)

• American Accents: Noo Yawk
• Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: His last appearance came at the 2000 Souled Out pay-per-view. In an interview with Gene Okerlund, he said he had to take care of some business and then left, never to appear in WCW again.
• Loan Shark: Came to WCW in the first place with the Mamalukes to get Disco Inferno to pay the money he borrowed.
• The Mafia
• Retroactive Recognition: Better known as Tony Mamaluke from ECW.

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1. ↑ From 1995-2001 he was the trainer for WCW's Power Plant and was rarely seen on camera.